System76 Continues Advancing Coreboot Support, Adding UI For Firmware Updates

[Britoid]

That's because we have our own firmware delivery method that works really well.

I'm sure people of other distributions appreciate having to download an external proprietary tool rather than it being integrated into the system updater and a tool supported by nearly every Linux distro and the Linux Foundation .

[mmstick]

kinda dumb no fwupd

That's because we have our own firmware delivery method that works really well.

[Britoid]

kinda dumb no fwupd

[phoronix]

Phoronix: System76 Continues Advancing Coreboot Support, Adding UI For Firmware Updates

We've known that Linux PC vendor System76 has been investing engineering resources into Coreboot support and while not yet ready for end-users, they are making progress. For once it's ready for their customers, they have also begun crafting a graphical user-interface for these firmware upgrades to Coreboot...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=System76-Coreboot-Progress